Hi Chris, After thinking about it a bit. Are you proposing a tool referenced against the zero tool after every (manual) tool change? That would take time but would work for non-tool holder machines i.e. collet on the spindle as well as those of us with tool holders. Might make a really nice option.
Dave On Apr 29, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Dave Engvall wrote: > Hi Chris, > > You are quite correct in assuming I have a series of tool holders; > however I do a lot of one-off stuff > in which the tooling outruns the number of tool holders I have. > With the right probe and program we ought to be able to gage both > length and diameter > in a manner analogous to the laser setups that measure both length > and diameter. Gaging > the diameter is going to be the most difficult. > After that as someone on this list once said: "it is simply a matter > of software". > > Dave > On Apr 29, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Chris Radek wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:27:00AM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: >>> Hi Chris, others. >>> >>> Really tool length is just part of the problem. A tool number is >>> associated with both a tool length and >>> a tool diameter which may or may not be nominal. >>> So far I just grit my teeth and work thru the process. I have >>> considered (briefly) a procedure to normalize >>> the measured lengths against the reference tool and write that >>> to the tool table. >>> >>> Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
